It's okay. There's nothing to apologize for. You haven't met me yet. It's a long time until you meet me, I think, for you. Maybe more than a year.

Are you - [She wonders how to speak to him properly, so that he understands her concern at a level that makes sense to him.]

Are you well physically? Injured or ill? Have you been treated well since you came here? It's important to me that you've been treated well.

I'm not Manticore, [she hastens to add.] But it's still important.